Bunch 'O Incra Boxes

Kind of a late post here…..these were all done for Christmas 09 before I found Lumberjocks and when I was getting my start at woodworking. I got my first Incra jig (the original plastic one) and kind of went crazy on the boxes.

All finished with Blonde Shellac and wax with 0000 steel wool. Lots of hardwood flooring scraps in this lot.

Hey – thanks for the comments – after looking back on the photos I just posted – I realize that a lot of learning occurred here – like make sure you have the correct increment selected on the jig – otherwise you’ll be shimming those joints (as seen on the close up photos!). That’s all part of it though I guess.

If I was counting (which I wasn’t) but would guess at least 12 mistakes occurred during these builds which I thought would scrap the box, but in the end – they all went out the door…...flaws and all.

Keeping track of all the different lams was always a problem – Good notes and a numbering system helps….

Darkthunder – once you get the basics down about centering the work, etc, you can cranks these out pretty fast….go for it!

John (Woodenwizard) – wood is 1/2” thick and the dovetails are cut with a 1/2”, 14° bit. Box joints vary by project.

Martyn – the Wenge can really be a pain since it is so brittle, but the material I have is super stable and it actually machined pretty well. I don’t have alot of Wenge laying around and I certainly would not shell out the huge money to buy more – but I’m happy that I managed to crank the box out without much problem.

I am with you on the serial posting thing…...that is quite annoying…......